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E. BORBNDORFF. Apple-Corus.

No. 198,954. Patented Jan. 8, 1878.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EMMA E, ORENDORFF, OF DELAVAN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE-CORERS.

Speeieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,954, dated January 8, 1878,' application iled .Tiny 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA E. ORENDORFF, of Delavan, in the county of Tazewell, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Apple-Oorers and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,'and exact description thereof, refereneembeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in Which- Figure l represents a perspective View; Fig. 2, a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal elevation.

The form in which I make this corer is as follows: ciy is the blade, being apartially-cylindrical knife with two cutting-edges, e e, tapering by a gentle curve to a point, b. It may be formed from a cylinder, c, of metal, by cutting the same half through in the middle, and then splitting it thence in one direction longitudinally, and finally paring the corners at the extremity downto a point, b.

The operation of this implement is asfollows: The point is inserted near the stem of the apple with its hollow part toward said stem, and forced into the core with a rotary motion 5 then the blade is pulled out, the apple reversed, and the same process repeated at the blossom end of the apple. The core can now be pulled out by means of the stem, or pushed out with the finger.

The apple-coring is thus effected speedily, eff`ectively,and well, and the plan is particularly excellent for apples designed to be baked, as these, when so cored, will bake in half the time consumed in baking an uncored apple. What I claim as my inventionis- The apple-corel' a, of one piece of tubular imperforate metal, tapering, pen-like, to a sin gle point, b, as constructed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing ap ple-corer I have hereunto set my hand this 27 th day of June, 1877.

EMMA E. ORENDORFF.

Witnesses:

ANNIE B. ORENDORFF, J. C. APPLETON. 

